CHILD
to the hard wor of
voca like your-
1 pure' mounting for
poli cal candidat to commit
to real ction for children.
Since I un hing the Leave
auld Behind campaign I t
fall, the Children' Defense
Fund teamed up with
variety of grou in c
the country to put children and
famlli near the top of every
candi ndas. Our goal is
to the nation nd i 1 de
to commit to a Healthy Start, a
Head Start, and a Fair Start for
every child though greater in-
tmen in health care, quality
child care and education, and
j decent ges.
Candidates have been chal­
lenged during the past several
months to learn about children's
needs--oo what works to meet
them-through Child View , or
guided visits to programs serv­
ing children and families. Some
have been ked to stand up for
children in candidates' forums
and other public events.
Hundreds of thousands of
Leave No Child Behind flyers
and boo have been distributed
nationwide.
Editorials and articles on the
state of America's children and
families have appeared in major
local and national newspapers.
Print ads have appeared in
numerous national magazines,
and public service an­
DOuncements have been sent to
hundreds of radio and television
tations across the country. I am
heartened that the children's
"army," Americans who have
pledged to support children and
examine candidates on their
ltment to children, con­
to grow dramatically.
WHILE THIS is an excel­
lent start, we must continue to
increase the visibility of
children's needs both before the
November election and after,
when it's time for the politicians
to keep their promises.
Here are some Leave No
CUld Behind campaign high­
ligh : attending the Democrac­
tic and Republican Conventions
•. to pledge their upport to repre­
sent children's and families' in­
teres1S. These issues will also be
visible at .Minnesota's country
fairs this month, which attract 3
million visitors. During the 10-
day fairs, young people in 4- H,
the youth educatibn program of
the cooperative extension sys­
tern, will put on plays, hand out
Oyers, and show posters and
other displays on various
children's issues. Interviews of
a number of candidates by 4-H
youths will be videotaped and
shown on rural cable television
stations.
In North Carolina, more than
400 candidates for county- and
atate-Ievel political offices and
1,200 citizens attended 23
candidates' forums throughout
the state in the two months
before the state's May
primaries.
The forums "prompt the can­
dida1lcs to get better informed,"
says John Niblock, president of
North Carolina Child Advocacy
Institute, which organized
them. We found they will read
the materials we send them
beforehand. They'll call around
to find out why problems exist"
Al 0, the media coverage
generated by the forums helps
the public learn about the issues.
FLORIDA AND TEXAS
have arranged Child Views to
give candidates and influential
commWlity,leaders a first-hand
look at children's and families'
uea in their tates. Thirty
elec1ed officials and candidates
toOk part in the Child Views in
the two tales combined.
In Illinois, the two con­
tendela for the U.S. Senate seat
will attend a candidates forum
on children and families in Oc­
tober. Meanwhile, Leave No
Cilld Behind books, flyers, and
other materials are being dis­
trib at two national and five
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By RON SEIGEL
Conw!pOl!d«Jt
HIGHLAND PARK - For a long
time, Black people have been urged
to strengthen th economy of their
own neighborhoods by buying from
local businesses.
Highland Park DEVCO noted
that it plans to distribute a newsletter
encouraging local businesses to buy
from each other.
DEVCO Director Harriette
Saperstein said the newsletter would
let business owners know of other
busine es in Highland Park and the
service they provide creating a "busi­
ness network. The publication
would allow busines people to "find
a project in the community" and "buy
and sell from each 0 r,
She added this ould be a
"marketing tool" for the businesses
involved.
SAPERSTEIN noted that this­
newsletter would go to other cities.
enabling outside businesses to buy in ,
Highland Park too.
The newsletter will come out
twice a month and will usuaily be
two page. The fir t edition,
scheduled to come out oon, will be
longer, including inform tion on
neighborhood revitalization.
IGRLAND p -Highland Park public chool tudents in grade
1-12 report to chool on Tue day, Sept. 1, at 12:30 p.m. for the start of
. cl in the 1992-93 chool year.
Studen then have a full day of classes Wednesday and Thursday,
Sept. 2. and 3. Schools are closed for Labor Day rece s Friday and
Monday, Sept 4 and 7. CI e resume Tue day, Sept. 8.
Kindergarten cl begin Tuesday, Sept. 8, at Barber, Cortland,
Ford, and Uberty chools.
Regi lration for new tudents begins Aug. 24 for elementary schools
nd Aug. 25 for Highland Park Community High School.
Highland Par Adult Education registration continues at Bright
Center, on Hamilton at Davison. Adult classes begin there Sept. 1.
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Nicotine Skin Patches Help Smokers Quit
Until recently nicotine gum was the only method of nicotine replace­
ment therapy approved 10 the United States. Nicotine gum ha been
helpful in mokin ces ation for many individual. However. many
people quit chewing the gum prematurely, or they do not u e the correct
cbewinl technique.
Much of the interest in the nicotine kin patch, follow recent finding
by v' research grou . According to recent i ue of Am rican Family
'hylician,.the results of 10 different tudie are encouraging. In nine of
the tudiea a nicotine kin p tch was more effective than a pi cebo (blank)
pasch in helping people quit moking. In 11 ten tudie th rate at which
people were able to top mo ing w approximately twice the rate for
sm�ra who received the placebo. The amount of nicotine delivered w
rouahly one-half of the amount nonnally obtained from cigarette mo e.
Nicotine . n tche available now or heduled to come out oon
include Habittol'n. t Prostep1'N, Nicodenn TM. and icotrol-16™. The
parches are applied to dry, non-hairy part of the body. uch the tomach
or upper ann. They deliver nicotine continuou ly over a 24 hour period.
Nicotine patches should not be worn by women who pregnant, unle
,directed to do so by. their phy ician .